Skimming and Scanning

This week in class we introduced the reading skills of Skimming and Scanning. We talked about how they are useful, particularly with non-fiction and complex text.

Skimming and Scanning help us to get an understanding of the main points or find a specific bit of information.

Here is an image that Abbie found for her blog originally taken from the Oxford Education site:

You can read Abbie's blog post about it here: Abbie's Week of Learning